[postgis-users] FW: Inserting value into geometry column error: Array value must start with "{" or dimension.

[Paul Ramsey]

ogr2ogr

http://www.gdal.org/ogr2ogr.html

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Majid Kazemi <Majid.Kazemi at teranet.ca> wrote:
>  Thanks kevin;
> It is working now.
> I have to add "{"
> INSERT INTO guest(ID, NAME, GEOM)
> VALUES (1,'{First Geometry}',ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(2 3,4 5,6 5,7
> 8)', -1));
>
> I have another question:
> Any ideas how can I export Oracle spatial to Postgres (postgis)?
> I saw there is a perl script called ora2pg.pl. Is there any other tools
> available to perform this migration?
> Thanks, Majid
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of
> Kevin Neufeld
> Sent: March 10, 2010 12:33 PM
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] FW: Inserting value into geometry column
> error: Array value must start with "{" or dimension.
>
> This is DDL for a table named "gtest", but you're inserting into a table
> named "guest".  I suspect you're accidentally inserting into a different
> table, one where the "GEOM" column is not of type "geometry".
>
> In any case, your posted DDL is correct - so is this:
> CREATE TABLE gtest (ID int4, NAME varchar(20), GEOM geometry);
>
> Your insert statement then should work correctly:
> INSERT INTO gtest(ID, NAME, GEOM)
> VALUES (1,'First Geometry',ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(2 3,4 5,6 5,7
> 8)', -1));
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
>
>
> On 3/10/2010 9:18 AM, Majid Kazemi wrote:
>>   Here is the DDL for Table creation:
>> CREATE TABLE gtest ( ID int4, NAME varchar(20) ); SELECT
>> AddGeometryColumn('', 'gtest','geom',-1,'LINESTRING',2);
>> Thanks, Majid
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
>> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of
>> Kevin Neufeld
>> Sent: March 10, 2010 11:48 AM
>> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] FW: Inserting value into geometry column
>> error: Array value must start with "{" or dimension.
>>
>> What's the DDL for your guest table?
>>
>> On 3/10/2010 8:29 AM, Majid Kazemi wrote:
>>> *From:* Majid Kazemi
>>> *Sent:* March 10, 2010 11:02 AM
>>> *To:* 'postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net'
>>> *Subject:* Inserting value into geometry column error: Array value
>>> must start with "{" or dimension.
>>>
>>> Hello all;
>>> Thanks for everyone help. I finally managed to install and configure
>>> Postgis.
>>> Now, I am trying to insert the following into a table with Geom
>> column.
>>>
>>> INSERT INTO guest(ID, NAME, GEOM)
>>>
>>> VALUES (1,'First Geometry',ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(2 3,4 5,6 5,7
>>> 8)', -1));
>>>
>>> I am receiving the following error:
>>>
>>> Array value must start with "{" or dimension.
>>>
>>> your help will highly be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Majid
>>>
>>>
>>>
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